BILL NUMBER: AB 1248	CHAPTERED  10/09/03

	CHAPTER  690
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  OCTOBER 9, 2003
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  OCTOBER 8, 2003
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  SEPTEMBER 5, 2003
	PASSED THE SENATE  SEPTEMBER 2, 2003
	AMENDED IN SENATE  AUGUST 26, 2003
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JULY 9, 2003
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JULY 1, 2003
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 27, 2003
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 7, 2003
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 9, 2003

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Aghazarian

                        FEBRUARY 21, 2003

   An act to add Section 13167.5 to the Water Code, relating to
water.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1248, Aghazarian.  Waste discharge requirements.
   Existing law, the Porter-Cologne Water Quality Control Act,
requires the State Water Resources Control Board and the California
regional water quality control boards to carry out various duties
relating to water quality, including the issuance of waste discharge
requirements, water reclamation requirements, and related orders.
   This bill would require the state board or the regional board, as
appropriate, to provide notice and a period of at least 30 days for
public comment prior to adopting waste discharge requirements, water
reclamation requirements, or those related orders.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:


  SECTION 1.  Section 13167.5 is added to the Water Code, to read:
   13167.5.  (a) The state board or the regional board, as
applicable, shall provide notice and a period of at least 30 days for
public comment prior to the adoption of any of the following:
   (1) Waste discharge requirements prescribed pursuant to Sections
13263 or 13377.
   (2) Water reclamation requirements prescribed pursuant to Section
13523.
   (3) An order issued pursuant to Section 13320.
   (4) A time schedule order adopted pursuant to Section 13300 that
sets forth a schedule of compliance and required actions relating to
waste discharge requirements prescribed pursuant to Section 13263 or
13377.
   (b) The notification required by subdivision (a) may be provided
by mailing a draft of the waste discharge requirements, water
reclamation requirements, time schedule order, or order issued
pursuant to Section 13320 to each person who has requested notice of
the specific item, or by posting a draft of the respective
requirements or order on the official Internet site maintained by the
state board or regional board, and providing notice of that posting
by electronic mail to each person who has requested notice.
   (c) This section does not require the state board or the regional
board to provide more than one notice or more than one public comment
period prior to the adoption of waste discharge requirements, water
reclamation requirements, a time schedule order, or an order issued
pursuant to Section 13320.